DDI Character Builder/Compendium Updates

fanboy2000

Adventurer
WotC just announced what's up with Character Builder and Compendium updating.

First, Hybrid Character's are being added to the Character Builder. Specifically, the Dragon 374 version. What's interesting is that 1) The 374 version is already outdated, and 2) both Dragon articles specifically stated that hybrids weren't going to be added to the character builder until they were officially released.

This doesn't affect me much, I'm not going to allow hybrid's in my game just yet. (It's one of the few playtest items I've banned outright. No one in my group cares.)

Second, they're changing the back end code of the compendium. They say that they're going to get rid of the automatic wildcards that were being added to search queries. Now that I know the Compendium does that, the search results make a lot more sense to me.

Third, they're switching the day of the update from the third Tuesday of the month to the first. This seems unlikely, however, to result in the compendium and CB getting that month's new releases any sooner.
 

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I want to appologize for my snarky comment in this thread. I was stressed when I made it and I say the thread title and got excited that the update was live and was disappointed when that wasn't what the thread title meant. None of that is an excuse though and looking back now I see the post I made was rather rude, I appologize.
 



Interesting...

I've got one player who's looking to play an elaborately multiclassed concoction of an Half-Elf Bard/Cleric/Paladin/Fighter. If this is coming out in Character Builder, it might be a better option for him.
 

Interesting...

I've got one player who's looking to play an elaborately multiclassed concoction of an Half-Elf Bard/Cleric/Paladin/Fighter. If this is coming out in Character Builder, it might be a better option for him.

The bard hybrid class stuff is pretty neat, but unfortunately the hybrid bard won't be appearing in today's update. However, he will be in next month's update. Basically, all the Hybrid playtest information from Dragon 374 will be in today's update. This includes the first pass at hybrids for all the classes from PH1.

Next month, we'll see the updated Hybrid playtest info from Dragon 375, which updates all the PH1 classes and adds the PH2 classes, like the bard.
 


The bard hybrid class stuff is pretty neat, but unfortunately the hybrid bard won't be appearing in today's update. However, he will be in next month's update. Basically, all the Hybrid playtest information from Dragon 374 will be in today's update. This includes the first pass at hybrids for all the classes from PH1.

Next month, we'll see the updated Hybrid playtest info from Dragon 375, which updates all the PH1 classes and adds the PH2 classes, like the bard.

That's fine... We won't actually be starting the campaign until August.

But thanks for the info, it's good to know.
 

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